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Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it. — Joyce DeWitt

My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this. — Kim Cattrall

To be honest I don't think I was any great shakes as a theatre actor because everything I was doing was really small in size - intimate. — Robert Carlyle

Actors are the only honest hypocrites. — William Hazlitt

Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion. — Dori Berinstein

I'm an old-fashioned theatre major at heart. — Tom Lenk

A resolution to attend theatres or operas is an absolute disqualification for Holy Orders. — Samuel Wilberforce

Pray to God and say the lines. — Bette Davis

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays. — Beth Henley

I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece - whether it is in the theatre or in film. — John Kander

The world 's a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and Nature do with actors fill. — Thomas Heywood

Men go to the theatre to forget; women, to remember. — George Jean Nathan

New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching. — Matt Bomer

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. — Jessica Raine

My mother worked in the old Minsky's troupe, which toured the country in the golden age of burlesque theatre. — Seymour Cassel

We know the Arts are the archives of our human history, the wind of invention and the heartbeat of humanity — Natasha Tsakos

I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated. — Laura Benanti

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre. — Christopher Durang

I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience. — Rhys Ifans

You do not come to the thee-ator and it will wither your soul. (Madam Leadora Seamstress for the Royal Magnificent Theater) — Kristen Britain

I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre. — Laurie Metcalf

Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest on. — Sarah Ruhl

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time. — Israel Horovitz

Consequently, from the very advent of agriculture, worries about the future became major players in the theatre of the human mind. — Yuval Noah Harari

I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts. — Matthew Ashford

I've found that the only way to make theatre that gets the audience thinking is when I feel uncomfortable making it. — Young Jean Lee

I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use your hands too much.' — Susan Sullivan

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through. — Eric McCormack

Like the Bible, Stanislavsky's basic texts on acting can be quoted to any purpose. — Lee Strasberg

I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently. — Judith Light

You do T.V. and movies to make the money, and then you do theatre for the love of it. — Josh Hamilton

I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience. — T. J. Thyne

Trying to pump breath into a fairy tale is as arduous and tragic as ancient Greek theatre. — Terry A. O'Neal

I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place. — Steffan Rhodri

We had our British background of traditional theatre behind us. — Peter Capaldi

I didn't learn anything about acting until I joined the Group Theatre. They taught me an entirely new approach, an entirely new technique. — John Garfield

I'm very driven, and I always have been. So I'd like to release a successful album, continue in musical theatre, and be more involved in business. — Gareth Gates

Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that. — David Naughton

I prefer theatre to television - you get to feel the love. — Sheridan Smith

Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience. — Ian McKellen

I've always said the theatre is my church. It's where I feel God the most. It's where I know there's a God. — Ruthie Henshall

I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre. — Brenton Thwaites

It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century. — David Soul

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years. — Michael Caine

My theatre background is probably more extensive then my film, and I have done a fair bit of television. — Henry Ian Cusick

A film that is a true work of art transcends theatre and heartwarmingly changes lives. — A.D. Posey

Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994 — Alec Guinness

Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn't like the word 'horror'. They, like I, went for the French description: 'the theatre of the fantastique'. — Christopher Lee

Wherever you walk, stand or sit, do it with self-confidence and be firmly convinced: I am a singer! Being tentative is one of the deadly theatre sins. — Marita Knobel

When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club. — Kevin Spacey

I had a very nice, cozy childhood. I did lots of plays at school and worked with the National Youth Theatre as a teenager. — Lucy Punch

When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play. — Judd Nelson

Thinking back on the outing to the theatre, she added, 'I want a man, not a preening peacock! — Katherine Givens

Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Without class differences, England would cease to be the living theatre it is. — Anthony Burgess

Look to your consciences and remember that the theatre of the world is wider than the realm of England. — Mary, Queen Of Scots

I was doing TV work, theatre work, and some film work in the Philippines when I left. — Lea Salonga

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor. — Catherine Deneuve

In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be. — Juliet Stevenson

I can't remember a single year of my life when I haven't made a piece of theatre. — Simon McBurney

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone. — Kevin Spacey

I knew 'Be Our Guest' would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything. — Pippa Evans

Bootworks' Black Box Theatre has a maximum seating capacity of two - as long as one of you is happy to sit on the other's lap. — Mal Peet

Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. — Victor Hugo

I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings. — Aimee Bender

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men. — Katori Hall

In the theatre, we're all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights. — Simon McBurney

The secret of staying fresh in a show is to remember that the audience you're playing for that night has never seen it before. — Danny Kaye

When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money. — Rafe Spall

I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom. — Laura Wade

I like the Sci Fi channel and 'Science Fiction Theatre.' I've been doing a lot of television-watching and thinking about good songs to write. — Roky Erickson

I have a dialect myself; it's more pronounced, because I have studied theatre and been in England. It's half-British, half-Indian. — Kunal Nayyar

My parents lived, breathed, ate and slept theatre. Emotions were right on the surface. Growing up, the unreal had as much importance as the real. — Megan Follows

Pornography is a theatre of types, never of individuals. — Susan Sontag

The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year. — Amanda Hale

Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave the theatre happy. — Rosalind Russell

I saw 'Othello' at the National Theatre in London, and it was so stunning. I was so moved. It's beautiful. — Douglas Booth

First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people. — Edward Bond

American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions. — Robert Dallek

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department. — Beth Henley

Television is great but for me, as a performer, nothing compares to a live theatre show. — Bruce Forsyth

I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission. — Lady Gaga

Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak. — Dan Stevens

I was a musical theatre kid, which meant you could always find me singing or dancing in the halls with at least four other people. — Josie Loren

I'm trained in musical theatre and 'Pitch Perfect' is the first movie where I get to really belt out. I beat Adele for that role. — Rebel Wilson

Musical theatre is my first love. — Laura Benanti

I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have such a gift with language. — Angelina Jolie

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far. — Miranda Richardson

I pretty much have no life outside of the theatre. I go home every night, and I put the TV on, and I veg out and order food. — Idina Menzel

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film. — Orlando Bloom

Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there. — Tom Stoppard

Most people don't think of Los Angeles as a theatre town, and that you have to go to New York to be in theatre, and it's really not true. — Susan Egan

Without writers, stories would not be written,
Without actors, stories could not be brought to life. — Angie-Marie Delsante

I always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence. — Cora Carmack

Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race. — Miguel De Cervantes

Ahmedabad is a cultured city with a rich heritage of craft and theatre. — Lillete Dubey

'The Hateful Eight' is like theatre. — Jennifer Jason Leigh

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form. — Harold Prince

I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too. — Pierce Brosnan

The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and use it for what you need. — Stella Adler